Insights and Stories on Live Cattle

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle firm on cash resiliency

Dec. 9, 2022 at 7:55 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Live cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange climbed on Friday, supported by resilient cash cattle prices across the U.S. Plains this week, traders said. “We had cash come right back,” said Joe Kooima, commodity broker at Kooima Kooima Varilek Trading Inc. “Cash was a dollar […]

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures firm despite softer cash cattle

Dec. 8, 2022 at 6:50 pm CST

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle ease on seasonal retail softness

Dec. 7, 2022 at 5:38 pm CST

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle fall on wholesale beef weakness

Dec. 6, 2022 at 6:03 pm CST

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle firm as corn inputs slide

Dec. 5, 2022 at 7:07 pm CST

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. livestock: CME feeder, live cattle firm as trade eyes supplies

Dec. 2, 2022 at 5:26 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Feeder cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange firmed on Friday, supported by lower feed grain costs and resilient live cattle futures, traders said. “The market has held together well, so there’s optimism there. Then you’ve got the grain market down double digits today, and down […]

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs firm with supplies in focus

Dec. 1, 2022 at 6:07 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Lean hog futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange firmed on Thursday, erasing the week’s earlier losses as smaller supplies of market-ready hogs offset seasonal pressure. “Fundamentally, we know we’re fairly tight on supplies. We’re not getting expansion,” said Alan Brugler, president of Brugler Marketing. The CME […]

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle firm on strong cash trade

Nov. 30, 2022 at 5:40 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Live cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange firmed on Wednesday, supported by strong cash markets and a steady pace of processing. “Even though there’s a seasonal pullback for the next couple of weeks, it doesn’t look like cash wants to break,” said Scott Varilek, broker […]

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. livestock: February hogs fall on high supply, export demand concerns

Nov. 29, 2022 at 4:46 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Lean hog futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange eased for a fifth consecutive session on Tuesday, pressured by a combination added seasonal supply and deflated demand as China faces protests over COVID-19 lockdowns. “This three-week period, we’re pushing a large supply of hogs through the system,” […]

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. livestock: CME lean hog futures tumble on China demand worries

Nov. 28, 2022 at 6:15 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Lean hog futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange fell more than four per cent on Monday, pressured by worries about Chinese demand for U.S. pork and expectations of a seasonal slide in wholesale ham prices, traders said. The CME February lean hogs contract settled down 3.75 […]

By Julie Ingwersen